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Friday July 21st

HERE'S YOUR HOST, ALEX THE WRECK

HELLO EVERYONE AND LETS GET STARTED

INTRODUCTIONS FOR 100 ALEX

THE ANSWER IS: After having a bad headache in the morning there was a refreshing contrast once class started. TGIF was in the air and frivolity permeated the atmosphere. The morning was kicked off with music by.... well, if I had written it down I could tell you. It was nice, soothing, and gave my head a little relief. It is wonderful entering a room full of wonderful candle aroma in the morning. WHAT IS Jeff doing starting the day with strip tease music to set the mood? INCORRECT, TRY AGAIN WHAT IS a Grouchy Start to a Hilarious Day. THAT IS CORRECT WHAT HAPPENED FOR 100 ALEX THE ANSWER IS: Amy M. brought us into focus with a newscast version enlightening us with the past days events. She set the stage for the day. Jeff led a discussion concerning the Socratic Cafe. People are not listening well any more he explained. We need to do a better job teaching our children to listen. Inner Circle techniques are a good tool for teaching students to listen and value others opinions. Sally K. and Gerri H. both shared their experiences with Socratic methods in their classrooms. Due to their early departure Shae and Judy were brought up to date on the last two acts of the Kechi Playhouse production Charlie's Aunt. WHAT IS a tea party at Socrates' coffee shop. THAT IS INCORRECT HOW DOES one hook up with Charlie's Aunt? INCORRECT, TRY AGAIN WHAT WERE THE Logger Notes for the day. CORRECT, YOU MAY SELECT LET'S WRITE FOR 100 ALEX THE ANSWER IS....Melanie B. had us form into a circle. She whispered something in her neighbor's ear. That neighbor whispered it to their neighbor and wrote down what she told the neighbor. This continued around the circle until it came back to her. We all were told to create a story that included the sentence we passed on to the next person in line. Now I thought I heard the following whispered in my ear. "I heard Sharon was a drug cop in El Dorado" but I soon learned that what originally was said. is "I heard the Sheriff was in Emporia eating in the patrol truck with another woman." She told us the story of how this had been an actual rumor that went around about her and how she was the other woman. We all believed her when she told us her version though. We all shared our stories and the fun began. "Who Let the Dogs Out" could have been playing at that point as the mood in the room soared. It started with Gerri sharing her story followed by Amy, then Dennis, but when it came Mary's turn the roof came off. Multitasking is not my strong suit. I was trying to take notes when all of a sudden I heard "notches on her bedpost" blurt from Mary's mouth. This was in reference to Amy V. youthful antics. At that point all hell broke loose. Gathering our composure Sally, Bonnie, Shae, and Raylin shared their stories ending with a discussion of a snake eating an electric blanket. You had to be there. WHAT IS telling rumors is a lot of fun? INCORRECT WHAT IS notches on the bedpost indicating nights spent with whips and chains? INCORRECT WHAT was a witty writing prompt for the day. CORRECT, YOU MAY SELECT PERSUASION FOR 100 ALEX THE ANSWER IS....After a short break we reconvened with Amy Morrow at the helm. She led us in a lesson titled "Anty One Can Persuade." She dazzled us with music an activity that all elementary teachers would want to do in their class to teach persuasive writing. She started the activity by having us look at pictures of Ants and come up with some words we shared about what we saw.. From there Amy modeled a graphic organizer. She had the class share some of the words and ideas that came from the groups sharing and bubbled out from the center word ANT. "Hey Little Ant" was then read to the class with Taralyn C. helping with picture sharing for those in the back of the room. Should the ant live or die? That was the question. We brainstormed terms that would fit one or the other category and developed arguments surrounding those terms. Revision was discussed and we all put our stories onto a shoe displaying the shoe either squashing an ant or not depending on the argument. This got Jeff's creative juices flowing. He was so proud of his shoe he decided to display it beside Judy's Painting contrasting the two artistic media and reminding us of the diverse talents we all share. WHAT ARE ants in my pants? INCORRECT WHAT IS a debate concerning pest removal? INCORRECT WHAT IS an outstanding lesson in how to teach persuasive writing to first graders. CORRECT, YOU MAY SELECT THE ANSWER IS....Julie Johnson's reading of __Speak__ by Lori Halse Anderson and __Letters from a Nut__ by Ted L. Nancy left me with a feeling of warmth and humor. WHAT IS a really mushy way of saying Joe needs to pay closer attention in class? GOOD ANSWER BUT I AM AFRAID YOU ARE INCORRECT WHAT IS a wonderful Author/Readers Chair? CORRECT, YOU MAY SELECT PERSUASION FOR 200 ALEX THE ANSWER IS....After Lunch we reconvened back in Jeff's room where Shae M. presented her article review titled __Persuasive Writing in Two Classrooms__ by Julie E Wollman - Bonilla. Various writing activities in persuasion were presented. One such persuasive writing activity discussed was letters written to the principal to persuade him to change policy. Jeff prompted discussion with what we do with these letters. It was decided that more than grading and returning is in order and discussed ideas for doing so. WHAT IS learning how to con your folks out of twenty bucks? INCORRECT WHAT IS learning how to con you principal out of a day of school. INCORRECT WHAT ARE excellent ways of teaching persuasion? CORRECT, YOU MAY SELECT THE NEXT CATAGORY POTENT POTABLES FOR A BILLION ALEX YOU MAY ONLY GO UP TO 500 YOU IDIOT. OH SORRY, OBSCENE ADVENTURES FOR 500 ALEX THE ANSWER IS.... Judy and Joe - Escape From the Alamo Holly and Gerri - The Journey Mary and Julie - Natures Majesty Jeff and Amy - On Line Dating Steve and Sally - Pirates of the SCKWP Dennis and Chris - Rescuing Grandma Shae and Amy - Shamoo? Shelly and Bonnie - Ships Melanie and Raylin - Sir Thomas the Brave WHAT IS a romance series by Stephen King? INCORRECT WHAT IS a collection of cover tunes from the Who's greatest hits album? INCORRECT WHAT IS an awesome collection of Digital Stories thanks to Teralyn's Excellent Adventure? CORRECT........YOU'RE SO SMART